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Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル) is one of Japan's most successful
artists of all time. Her debut album, First Love, is the best-selling album ever
in Japan with over 7.65 million copies sold in Japan alone. She has sold over 41
million records worldwide (with over 34 million in home nation Japan). Moreover,
3 of her albums are in the Top 10 best-selling album of all time in Japan (#1,
#4, #8)[1], making her one of the most indefinitely successful and popular
singers in J-pop history.
She is bilingual as she was raised in both New York and Tokyo. Utada Hikaru is
also known in the west under her English language project name 'Utada'. Utada
also sang the Kingdom Hearts themes, Hikari / Simple and Clean and the theme
songs for Kingdom Hearts II, Passion and Sanctuary. Originally, Utada's music
had a heavy R&B style to it, but now her music has progressed to a more pop /
experimental tone. Her R&B sound was what brought her so much attention with her
first release in Japan, Automatic / time will tell, as there were no other
artists with her distinct style. Utada was married to director Kiriya Kazuaki,
who directed the movie CASSHERN, but in March of 2007 they annouced that they
had divorced. Currently in Japan she has album sales totaling 24 million copies,
singles sales of 15.1 million copies and VHS/DVD sales estimated 3 million
copies sold.
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Stage Names: Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル), Utada
Birth Name: Utada Hikaru (宇多田光)
Nickname: Hikki
Birthday: January 19, 1983
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Blood Type: A
Height: 158cm (5'2")
Instruments: Piano and Guitar
Favorite Instrument: Piano
Childhood Dreams: To become a manga artist or a scientist in a white coat.
Favorite Animal: Cat
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite Word: Kuso (糞, くそ - Shit in Japanese)
Favorite Foods: Cheese, Tokoroten, Thai food, Vietnamese food, Nattou, Bleu
Cheese, Spicy foods and vinegar (known to put vinegar on anything, in ten days
she uses up a whole bottle, she even sometimes just dilutes it and drinks it
straight)
Favorite Video Games: Dr. Mario and Tetris. Can not handle RPG games
Hated Things: Fluorescent Lights, Mushrooms, Tissue Box Covers, Toilet Seat
Covers, Wearing Makeup, Hamburger Steak
Favorite Movies: Being John Malkovich, Brazil, Tasogare Seibei (The Twilight
Samurai), Lost Highway, π (The 1998 film), The Shawshank Redemption, The
Godfather Part II, The Jerk, Unbreakable, Orlando, Amadeus, Sleepy Hollow,
Miyazaki Hayao animations
Favorite Japanese Literature: Nakagami Kenji's 'Izoku', Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's
'Rashomon', Kawabata Yasunari's 'Kanjou Soushoku' and 'Yukiguni', Mori Ougai's
'Takasebune', Natsume Souseki's 'Kokoro' and 'Kusamakura', Miyazawa Kenji's
'Shishuu ga Suki', Mishima Yukio's 'Kinkakuji'
Favorite Western Literature: Herman Hesse's 'Siddhartha', Roald Dahl's 'Tales
of the Unexpected', Shel Silverstein's 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' and 'A Light
in the Attic', Edgar Allan Poe texts, Elie Wiesel's 'Night', John Berendt's
'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil', F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great
Gatsby', George Orwell's '1984'.
Favorite Artists: Aaliyah, At the Drive-in, Bela Bartok, Björk, Blink182, Blue
Man Group, Bon Jovi, Brandy, Cocteau Twins, Craig David, Dr. Dre, Edith Piaf,
Elvis Presley, Enigma, Erykah Badu, Freddie Mercury, Garbage, GLAY, Guns
N'Roses, Guru, Incubus, Janet Jackson, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Joe, Kate
Bush, Lauryn Hill, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Maxwell, Metallica,
Minnie Riperton, Miles Davis, Missy Elliot, Mozart, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt,
Ozaki Yutaka, Pearl Jam, Prince, Queen, Radiohead, Sada Masashi, Slash (Guns
'n' Roses), Sting, The Beatles, The Cure, The Eagles, The Police, TLC, Trent
Reznor, U2, Velvet Revolver, Stevie Wonder, Leah Dizon, Monica,2pac,Babyface,
Hibari Misora and Michael Jackson.
Favorite Album: Jeff Buckley's 'Grace'
Fun Fact: Utada likes when blood is being drawn and the sound of gun fire.
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Discography
Albums
[1999.03.10] First Love #1
[2001.03.28] Distance #1
[2002.06.19] DEEP RIVER #1
[2004.03.31] Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 #1
[2004.09.08] EXODUS (Utada) #1
[2006.06.14] ULTRA BLUE #1
[2008.03.19] HEART STATION #1
[2008.xx.xx] Untitled (Utada
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Singles
[1998.12.09] Automatic / time will tell #2
[1999.02.17] Movin' on without you #1
[1999.04.28] First Love #2
[1999.11.10] Addicted To You #1
[2000.04.19] Wait & See ~Risk~ (Wait & See ~リスク~) #1
[2000.06.30] For You / Time Limit (For You / タイム・リミット) #1
[2001.02.16] Can You Keep A Secret? #1
[2001.07.25] FINAL DISTANCE #2
[2001.11.28] traveling #1
[2002.03.20] Hikari (光; Light) #1
[2002.05.09] SAKURA Drops / Letters (SAKURAドロップス / Letters) #1
[2003.01.29] COLORS #1
[2004.04.21] Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ; When Someone's Wish
Comes True) #1
[2004.08.03] Easy Breezy (Utada)
[2004.09.14] Devil Inside (Utada)
[2005.06.21] Exodus '04 (Utada)
[2005.09.28] Be My Last #1
[2005.10.17] You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Utada)
[2005.12.14] Passion #4
[2006.02.22] Keep Tryin' #2
[2006.11.22] Boku wa Kuma (ぼくはくま; I'm a Bear) #4
[2007.02.28] Flavor Of Life #1
[2007.08.29] Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry #2
[2008.02.20] HEART STATION / Stay Gold #3
[2008.05.21] Prisoner Of Love
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